The 37-year-old discharged rumors that a preference was done due to a agreement brawl with Joe Gibbs Racing or his seductiveness in fasten another team. Edwards was also clever to make transparent that he never used a word ‘retirement.’

Hamlin has raced with and opposite Edwards given 2005 and wouldn’t be astounded during a lapse as early as 2018.

“I would only be guessing, though we would contend 50 percent,” Hamlin pronounced on Friday during a press discussion during Richmond International Raceway. “I consider that Carl is a competitor. At his age, I’d find it tough to trust that he would only step divided and not do it ever again. we consider him withdrawal a window open in his press discussion to contend he’s not retiring, he’s only stepping away, we consider it depends. we don’t know.”

Edwards has confirmed from a start that his walked divided in sequence to spend time with his family and have a life outward of racing. Hamlin believes a quip would be contingent on how confident Edwards is with a standing quo — something he isn’t arcane to.

“Has anyone found out either he’s carrying a good time right now or not? we consider that would tell a story about either he’s meddlesome in entrance behind or not,” Hamlin said. “From what we hear from all a late drivers, it’s overwhelming for like a few months – afterwards we kind of get wearied a small bit.”

Edwards has done periodic visits to a lane this deteriorate in sequence to assistance his replacement, rookie Daniel Suarez, acclimate to a top turn of a sport. He has pronounced that if he decides to lapse someday, a initial phone call he will make his to Gibbs as to honour a agreement he walked divided from.